Laurel Oak Capital Partners

WHO WE ARE

We are an investment firm seeking to acquire operating companies in the industrial lower middle market sector working closely with solid management teams to add both strategic value and operational expertise.

OPPORTUNITIES WE CONSIDER

Management buyouts​

Family businesses

Corporate carve-outs​

Underinvested businesses​

Industry consolidations​

OUR FOCUS

BUSINESS CHARACTERISTICS

Long-term, diversified customers​

Recurring revenue​

Strong outlook & growth opportunities​

Defensible market position​

Solid management team ​

Operational improvement opportunities​

Headquartered in US

INVESTMENT ​CRITERIA​

$2M - $15M EBITDA range ​

Minimum of $10M in revenue ​

$5M - $50M in equity per transaction​

Control and minority positions with board involvement​

INDUSTRY​FOCUS

Industrial products & services​

Business services

Defense

Supply chain and logistics

Transportation (& aftermarket components)​

Healthcare products & services​

Food, agricultural products & services ​

OUR EXPERIENCE

OUR EXPERIENCE

40YEARS OF COMBINED BUSINESS EXPERIENCE$2 Billion + TOTAL INVESTMENTS REPRESENTED​

OUR TEAM

RENA CLARKMANAGING PARTNER

Rena Clark is a Managing Partner at Laurel Oak Capital Partners, with almost 25 years of general management, private equity and entrepreneurial experience. Rena is a former Partner with GenNx360 Capital Partners, a private equity industrial middle market buyout firm with $1.1B in committed capital. While with GenNx360, she led or co-led transactions across a range of industrial sectors with aggregated company revenues of $1.01B and representing ~$350M in total investments. Rena holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering with honors from Lamar University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Read Full Bio

EMANUEL SLATERMANAGING PARTNER

Emanuel Slater is a Managing Partner at Laurel Oak Capital Partners, and has over 15 years of business experience, including: driving business strategy implementation, designing and implementing financial and operational efficiencies, investing in middle market private equity companies and performing financial analysis and asset valuation. Emanuel holds a BA from Princeton University and MBA from Harvard Business School. Read Full Bio